Police Selection and Training: The Role of Psychology

ISBN-13: 9789024733699 / Angielski / Twarda / 1986 / 376 str.

John C. Yuille; J. C. Yuille

Opis

Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Police and Psychology, Skiathos, Greece, May 7-15, 1985

Recenzje

`...useful international exchange of problems and solutions.'
Reference & Research Book News (1986)
`...this text is a welcome addition to all those concerned with police training and selection, as well as to academics and researchers in related disciplines.'
The British Journal of Psychiatry (1987)

Spis treści

Section I - Lecturers’ Chapters.- 1. Recruit Selection in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.- 2. Critical Issues for the Police Psychologist in Training Police.- 3. The Development of Training, and the Need for In-Service Training.- 4. The Panacea of Training and Selection.- 5. Training Police for Social Work? - Experiences from a German Program.- 6. The Contribution of Psychology to the Development of Police Training in Britain (with Particular Emphasis on Metropolitan London).- 7. An Evaluation of Police Recruit Training in Human Awareness.- 8. The Limits of Police Community Relations Training.- 9. The Public and the Police: Training Implications of the Demand for a New Model Police Officer.- 10. Officer-Involved Shootings: Effects, Suggested Procedures and Treatment.- 11. Police and the Mentally Disordered.- 12. Criminal Psychopaths.- 13. The Inheritance of Human Deviance: Anti-Genetic Bias and the Facts.- 14. Meaningful Research in the Police Context.- Section II - Delegates’ Papers.- 1. Psychological Standards Research for California Law Enforcement Officers.- 2. Assessment Strategy for Special Unit Assignments: An Alternative to Psychological Tests.- 3. Municipal Police Evaluation: Psychometric Versus Behavioural Assessment.- 4. Police Selection and Training in West Germany.- 5. Resignation During Police Training in Britain.- 6. Leadership Training and an Integrated Introduction to Psychology for Police Officers.- 7. Helping Young Policemen Cope with Stress and Manage Conflict Situations.- 8. Integrating Women into Law Enforcement.- 9. Interviewing Development: Facing up to Reality.- 10. “Special Care Questioning” of Mentally Vulnerable Victims and Witnesses of Crime.- 11. Police and Public Perceptions of the Police Role: Moving Towards a Reappraisal of Police Professionalism.- 12. The Psychologist as an Agent for Change.- 13. Community Liaison Specialists - A British Perspective.- 14. Evaluating the Police: Attitudes, Competency and Credibility.